The latest IOM figures show that by October this year more than 3 million Sudanese from Central Sudan and Khartoum have returned to their homes since the RSF militia was expelled from these regions. That’s roughly 50% of the total displaced population with literally thousands… pic.twitter.com/ilgU3OYS5w
The latest IOM figures show that by October this year more than 3 million Sudanese from Central Sudan and Khartoum have returned to their homes since the RSF militia was expelled from these regions. That’s roughly 50% of the total displaced population with literally thousands more continuing to return home on a daily basis; possibly bringing an end to the displacement crisis in these regions by August next year.
Meanwhile in (largely) RSF controlled Darfur the number of displaced people continues to rise to the point now that almost 2/3 of those displaced in Sudan are from Darfur alone. The long absence of fighting between Army and RSF within states like Central and West Darfur (a de facto ceasefire) has done nothing to encourage a return of the millions of displaced non Arab Darfuris to their homes.
International policy on Sudan must realise that before anything civilians are fleeing the RSF militia; an end to fighting In a region that results in RSF control turbo charges displacement to exponentially more than had fled during the fighting period meanwhile an end to fighting that results in Army/Gov control leads those who originally fled the fighting to return home. Any solution to the displacement crisis in Sudan (and the Sudan crisis in general) must recognise that there can be no humane solution that involves or preserves this genocidal RSF militia.
#Mali: 🇲🇱 🔥 En Afrique, certains risquent d’être profondément secoués cette année. Assimi Goïta souhaite raviver l’esprit de la bataille de Kirina, livrée le 30 avril 1235, opposant l’armée du roi sosso Soumangourou Kanté à celle de Soundjata Keïta et de ses alliés.
Mali: 🔥 In Africa, some are likely to be deeply shaken this year.
Assimi Goïta
Hurray. Former vice president, with a military rank of colonel, he overthrew the president of the transitional government in 2021 because he would do the transition to democracy in 2022. And indeed we see how well he has done: interim president until this year, when he was elected to permanent president, and somehow he was promoted to general as well…
seeks to rekindle the spirit of the Battle of Kirina, fought on April 30, 1235, pitting the army of the Sosso king Soumangourou Kanté against that of Soundjata Keïta and his allies.
After the fall of the Ghana Empire, the Sossos dominated the entire region, having militarily defeated the small kingdoms. The king Soumangourou Kanté then ruled through fear and terror.
Assimi Goïta presents himself as a true heir to Soundjata Keïta. The jealous ones will say that this equipment is not intended for the Malian army, when in fact it is very much for the Fama.
L’Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) informe l’opinion nationale et internationale qu’elle a décrété un cessez-le-feu unilatéral, dans un esprit de responsabilité et afin d’offrir une réelle chance au retour de la paix. Cependant, le régime de #Kinshasa persiste dans la mise en… pic.twitter.com/IEXupdTRuo
The Congo River Alliance (AFC/M23) informs the national and international public that it has declared a unilateral ceasefire, in a spirit of responsibility and to offer a real chance for the return of peace.
A lovely and generous gesture.
However, the Kinshasa regime persists in implementing its plan for the systematic extermination of our compatriots, in flagrant violation of all its commitments.
The regime's coalition forces in Kinshasa continue to carry out deliberate attacks against our positions, as well as against densely populated areas.
On Friday, December 19, 2025:
- Starting at 5:00 a.m., these coalition forces launched attacks using #kamikaze #drones and naval forces, targeting densely populated areas as well as our positions in #Makobola, originating from #Baraka.
- At 5:30 a.m., the same forces attacked #Minembwe using drones and heavy artillery, sowing terror among the civilian population.
The AFC/M23 calls upon the Congolese people and international partners to bear witness to these repeated and deliberate violations of the ceasefire, as well as to the ongoing massacres of our compatriots.
These acts unequivocally demonstrate that the #Kinshasa regime seeks neither peace nor the protection of civilians, but persists in perpetuating violence and impunity.
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[Regnum] The perpetrators of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall near Moscow may have received special training at terrorist bases in Turkey and Afghanistan.
Not Ukraine? Interesting.
This was reported by one of the participants in the trial taking place at the Second Western District Military Court.
"Presumably, all the perpetrators of the Crocus attack received extensive special training at terrorist bases. <…> Shamsidin Fariduni, who was questioned in court yesterday, is a professional automatic rifle shooter," TASS quoted the source as saying.
He noted that Fariduni was supposedly supposed to travel from a Turkish base to Khorasan Province in Afghanistan to join ISIS (a terrorist organization banned in Russia), but due to a closed mountain pass, he was asked to "show what he was capable of" and sent to train for a terrorist attack in Moscow.
The source also stated that Fariduni met and assembled the remaining militants in Russia, conducted reconnaissance at the Crocus shopping center, purchased a vehicle for their transportation, and obtained weapons. In court, he confirmed that the organizers promised the perpetrators 1 million rubles, and after the attack, the group headed toward Ukraine to receive their payment.
There is every reason to believe, the source added, that the militants trained two brigades to carry out the terrorist attack in Russia, which they then merged. The accused deny this.
The terrorist attack at the Crocus Hotel took place on March 22, 2024. The attackers broke into the building, opened fire, and then set the building on fire. The attack left 150 people dead, one missing, and 609 injured. Four terrorists were detained the day after the attack in the Bryansk region, 100 km from the Ukrainian border. During the investigation, they confessed that the attack was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services.
[IsraelTimes] Austrian broadcaster ORF says it won’t ‘sugarcoat anything or avoid showing what is happening’; Palestinian flags to be permitted in audience, if they comply with general rules.
And so Israel is meant to be grateful they’re allowed in the room. Still, the worst of the haters have chosen to boycott the thing because Israel is treated as not entirely subhuman, so that counts as a victory, I suppose.
The Austrian broadcaster hosting the next Eurovision Song Contest will not ban the Paleostinian flag from the audience or drown out booing during Israel’s performance, in a shift from the policy at previous shows, organizers said on Tuesday.
The 70th edition of the contest in May will have just 35 entries, the smallest number of participants since the contest was expanded in 2004, after five national broadcasters — those of Spain, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Iceland and Ireland — said they would boycott the show in protest of Israel’s participation.
What is usually a celebration of national diversity, pop music and high camp has become embroiled in diplomatic strife. Those boycotting say it would be unconscionable to take part given the number of civilians killed in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... amid Israel’s war with Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... , which began with the terror group’s October 7, 2023, onslaught and was halted in a US-brokered ceasefire about two months ago. Israel has rejected those accusations, saying it has sought to minimize noncombatant casualties as it fought an enemy embedded in civilian infrastructure.
Anti-Israel furor heavily overshadowed the two most recent song contests, with headlines dominated by protests, threats, boos and drama. That furor drove a backlash among pro-Israel viewers, who mobilized to vote for Eden Golan in 2024 and Raphael in 2025, sending them soaring in the popular vote.
Members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) decided this month against kicking Israel out of the contest. During an EBU conference, its members voted overwhelmingly in favor of accepting a package of reforms aimed at assuaging some of the concerns that had been raised over Israel’s participation. The vote was seen as a de facto referendum on Israel’s inclusion, since members were told that a vote explicitly on Israel would only be held if the reforms did not receive majority support.
ORF and the Austrian government were among the biggest supporters of Israel participating in next year’s contest. ORF director general Roland Weissmann visited Israel in November to show his support.
The decision to keep Israel in the competition has sparked anger from many of the contest’s most devoted fans as well as some past participants. Last week, 2024 Eurovision winner Nemo said they were returning their trophy to the EBU in protest of the decision, and Ireland’s Charlie McGettigan, who won in 1994, said he would do the same.
This year’s show drew around 166 million viewers, according to the EBU, more than the roughly 128 million who Nielsen estimates watched the American National Football League’s Super Bowl.
[IsraelTimes] Israel, Greece and Cyprus are examining the creation of a joint rapid-response military force in the eastern Mediterranean, Greek media reports, amid growing concern in Athens over Turkey’s expanding military posture.
According to the Greek daily Ta Nea, senior military officials and analysts are discussing a brigade-level force of around 2,500 troops, drawing 1,000 soldiers each from Israel and Greece and 500 from Cyprus. The proposed force would combine land, air and naval components and operate from bases and infrastructure in Israel, Cyprus and the Greek islands of Rhodes and Karpathos.
The plan envisions the participation of one squadron each from the Israeli and Greek air forces, alongside naval assets tasked with protecting critical regional infrastructure. The report suggests that such cooperation would provide Israel with greater strategic depth, while offering Greece and Cyprus an additional deterrent against Turkish challenges in the region.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
